I have also pre-ordered EoJ, hope play.com are able to ship it quickly on Friday so I have it on Saturday. I also just pre-ordered a DualShock3 controller from yesasia.com, hope that site is dependable and that I didn’t just give my credit card number to a fraudent site

Got Ratchet & Uncharted on pre-order, probably do the same with Singstar once we get an actual date. Not so sure about that whole Eye of Judgement thing, they should release a Top Trumps version instead.

On any Japanese PS related products I’ve used / owned, the ‘X’ & ‘O’ functions are usually reversed.

I have no idea whether this would make a difference on the pad as I assume the button functions are mapped dependent on software.. But I can’t remember if the buttons were in opposite positions OR just did opposite functions..

Threespeech> after months of Whining ,thanx that finally we get an TBC for December for Singstar…

no only the remaining items on my complaining list
Vegas Poker (available on the US store for months)
Pyomoto (available on the US & Japan store for months)
Tekken Dark Resurrection ONLINE (available for months on the US & JAPAN store)

Surprise they are even bothering to release Lair. A game buried by bad press before it has even been released.

One of those cases where a demo would be its only hope (if all that bad press is unfounded naturally).

EoJ is a going to be a specialised market I think, or it could bring a specialised market more to the mainstream…. will be interestng to see how it pans out. No interest for me, all those decks would be a waste of money (do NOT think you’ll be able to manage with just the basic deck in the starter pack! How would they be able to make money selling you more packs?).

And can we get the Singstar date nailed down? My PS3 doesn’t get to move to her flat until it is.

@GIANT ENEMY CRAB
Yeah, I know what you mean. I used a PS3 from Singapore for a while before the European version came out and the X and O switch confused the hell out of me, especially as it switched back and forth between different applications and games. I guess the combination of using an Asian system yet setting the locale to Europe confused the system and games a bit.

But I would assume that the keycode for the buttons in the controllers are the same so I shouldn’t have a problem with an Asian controller.

@Shrui
Not sure how niche/specialised the EoJ will be, if its good it could be a killer app for the PS3. The Magic the Gathering community for instance would be a significant addition of people for the PS3 community if they got turned into PS3 owners through EoJ.

If a game does excruciatingly badly in one territory, does the publisher feel compelled to sell it in another?
This is another argument for simultaneous wordwide releases. Everyone gets to find out how good a bad a game is at the same time.

About time! But December has 31 days Sony can choose from. Obviously the lure of Christmas cash is too much to ignore. We now need a confirmed date, details of the mics bundled with it and cost of songs from the SingStore.

[...] In a list of confirmed release dates for upcoming titles, the semi-official PlayStation blog lists SingStar PS3 with a December release date, though the final date hasn’t been ironed out yet. [...]

What I would like to know is when Time Crisis 4 will be released in Europe? Play.com lists it as a March 28 2008 release while Amazon (US) has it slated for Nov 20 (yes, this year). Seeing as it comes bundled with one GunCon 3, will the standalone GunCon 3 also be released separately so that I can pick up an extra gun and play with my g/f (who thank god likes shooters)?